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These troubled times have drawn to a close, and between the efforts of the Kuzuryuu shogun and the Tate-Ryuu, Japan may finally be at peace. But like the hydra for which the Kuzuryuu are named, there is poison within the shogunate -- and when one head is cut, two more spring forth.

War hero and captain Raijou Shin must navigate a kind of war he abhors above all else: a war of intrigue and deception, where the people closest to him are never who they seem.

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O-Beni, unmarried daughter of General Arashi, holds down her father's fortress while he is away at the capitol. But an incredible man from her past turns up in a snowstorm, bringing far more chaos and anger to her door than anyone anticipated...